As many as 9,831 unemployed people, including 5,590 women, were reported at the end of August 2024 by the Bucharest Employment Agency (AMOFM), which gives an unemployment rate of 0.78%.As against July 2024, when the rate 0.79%, the August 2024 rate was down 1.27%.Of the total, 1,616 people were drawing unemployment benefits, and 8,215 were not. By residential area, all 9,831 are from the urban area.The unemployed with a high school education background have the highest share in the total number, at 36.16%, followed by those with higher education (26.05%), and 19.38% vocational school/arts and crafts graduates. The unemployed with a secondary education attainment made up 15.60% of the total, those with a post-secondary education background 2.28%, while those with a primary education or no formal education, 0.53%.The composition of the registered unemployed by level of employability, established by profiles, is as follows: 1,686 persons very difficult to employ, 2,970 difficult to employ, 2,816 medium employable, and 2,359 easily employable.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
